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Dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 inhibitor sotagliflozin achieves FDA approval: landmark or landmine?

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved sotagliflozin with a broad heart-failure indication, even in the absence of trial data in patients without diabetes. No one knows what the benefits or risks of inhibiting SGLT1 in the heart might be.

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Fig. 1: Effects of sotaglifozin.

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In the past three years, M.P. has been a consultant to 89bio, Abbvie, Altimmune, Amgen, Ardelyx, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Caladrius, Casana, CSL Behring, Cytokinetics, Imara, Lilly, Moderna, Novartis, Pharmacosmos, Reata, Regeneron, Relypsa and Salamandra.

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Packer, M. Dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 inhibitor sotagliflozin achieves FDA approval: landmark or landmine?. Nat Cardiovasc Res 2, 705–707 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-023-00306-x

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